Game Reviews

I grew up watching and reading Journey to the West, so when Game Science first announced Black Myth: Wukong back in 2020, I knew this was something I didn’t want to miss. For those unaware, Journey to the West is a 16th-century novel, one of the Four Great Classical

Mountaintop Studio’s new game, Spectre Divide, takes the tried and true tactical shooter genre and spices it up with modern mechanics. You have true-to-crosshair ADS with every gun, there’s no movement penalty while shooting and, of course, there’s the linchpin of the game: you have a second

Age of Mythology: Retold is more than just an update to a nostalgic classic; it’s a reimagining of the heyday of RTS games when civilizations could rise and fall in an evening and LAN parties were a tangle of chords, pizza, and Mountain Dew. A graphics update likely would

I was relatively positive in my PAX East and August Previews for Visions of Mana. Earlier this year I played two games that take themselves much more seriously: Final Fantasy 16 and Persona 3 Reload. Going to something simpler, perhaps even cozier, with Visions of Mana was nice. But as

Monster Jam Showdown is the definitive Monster Jam experience. With over five different game modes, 20 different monster trucks, and three different environments to race in, there is something for everyone in this game. I have never had a Monster Jam experience that has felt this slick. Every truck and

Star Wars Outlaws is one of the few games I’ve felt incredibly comfortable with well before review time. After about four hours of preview access, that makes sense. That’s not the only reason though, as what Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment has crafted fits perfectly into your grasp, easy

Diamonds have been found in Crimson! Recently, a local fisherman reeled in a big one. While not newsworthy on its own, the fish had actually swallowed a large gem, which was found in its gut. The former garnet mining town has become quite the idyllic place over the years, and

In recent years there has been a progressing appearance of the cozy drinking simulator, popularized by 2020’s Coffee Talk, followed by 2022’s VA-11 Hall-A, and now 2024’s Tavern Talk. Each game typically follows the same formula: an intimate setting—a coffee shop, futuristic bar, or run-down tavern,